POSTAL TLD AUDIT OF HETEROGENEITY CORRECTIONS IN RADIOTHERAPY IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC
Language English Country England, Great Britain Media print
Document type Journal Article
PubMed
31834932
DOI
10.1093/rpd/ncz234
PII: 5675500
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- MeSH
- Particle Accelerators standards MeSH
- Radiotherapy Dosage MeSH
- Photons MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted methods standards MeSH
- Quality Control MeSH
- Thermoluminescent Dosimetry standards MeSH
- Quality Assurance, Health Care standards MeSH
- Check Tag
- Humans MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Geographicals
- Czech Republic MeSH
In the Czech Republic, a more advanced version of postal audit in radiotherapy (RT) is available. It covers dose measurements with thermoluminescent dosemeters (TLD) in more complex conditions of irradiation, when dose distribution is affected by heterogeneities in the irradiated volume. Relative deviation between doses measured with TLDs and doses stated by RT centre should not exceed 3%. During 2015-2017, all Czech RT centres equipped with modern linear accelerators were subjected to this more advanced TLD audit. A total of 70% of participants complied with the limit of 3% in the first round of this audit.
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